FROM THE TITAN RISING UNIVERSE. THE XIN QUARANTINE ZONE IS A ONE LIGHT YEAR IN DIAMETER QUARANTINE AROUND THE CIVIL WAR DEVISTATED PLANET RYADEN. THIS ONCE BEAUTIFULLY TERRAFORMED HABITABLE WORLD WAS COLONIZED BY THE SHI'AN WHERE THEY BIO-ENGINEERED THE BIO-MECHANOID RACE NAMED THE XIN TO SERVE WAS WORKERS AND WARRIORS IN THEIR CONSTANT QUEST FOR CONQUEST. THE XIN EVENTUALLY REBELLED AND EXPELLED THE SHI'AN BUT AT THE COST OF THEIR OWN HOMEWORLD. THE AREA AROUND RYADEN IS LITTERED WITH DANGEROUS EXOTIC UN-EXPLODED MUNITIONS, WRECKAGE, WAR MACHINES, AND THE HULKS OF DEAD STARSHIPS. FROM TIME TO TIME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NOMADIC XIN CLAN COUNCIL AND THEIR ALLIES IN THE UNITED COLONIAL ALLIANCE FROM EARTH CONDUCT SANCTIONED SURVEY MISSIONS INTO THE XQZ FOR SALVAGE, CLEAR UN-EXPLODED MUNITIONS, AND TAKE SENSOR READINGS ON THE STATE OF THE DEVASTATED WORLD. IT'S DANGEROUS WORK BUT IT YIELDS A LOT OF TREASURES IN SCIENTIFIC DATA AND SALVAGE.